Watching Designing Women and Julia Sugarbaker just went on a rant about AR-15 rifles.

This episode was filmed in 1987.

I was 15 in 1987.

I'm 50.

@JenWojcik I've been catching episodes on Antenna TV. It's amazing how little has changed. And so discouraging.
Also, nobody could rant like Julia Sugarbaker could rant.
@JenWojcik Ugh. Feels like we are just spinning around. Why can’t we move forward?
I was 16. smh
@JenWojcik same…I was 14. Her rants were epic and most still stand up.

@zoomydu

Interesting bit of trivia: Dixie Carter herself was a very conservative republican. Read: She did not agree with the script at all. Those were the writer's politics. To compromise, every time Sugarbaker did a rant Carter didn't agree with, she got to sing on the show. #TrueStory

@JenWojcik ha! I think I was aware of her political leanings, but I hadn’t heard about the singing agreement!

As an aside, I freaking love Jean Smart’s recent successes. She’s a real force.

@JenWojcik
Checkout some episodes of "The Practice" from the late 90's/early 00's nothing has improved over the past several decades in our society.

The introduction of Shatner's irreverent over-confident "Denny Crane" character in the final few episodes of that series is a masterful premonition of what we were in for with Crooked Donald T.

@Lana_social

YUUUUUP watched that show first run. Indeed.